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electric_blue68

(28,107 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 09:59 PM 5 hrs ago

A moving Connection with African-American History....

On reddit I saw a past photo of a African-American man in The South being led out of a "Whites Only" room. He had like a smirk in his face - "good trouble".

The person who posted it; was this woman's grandfarher ! She posted a photo of a Black regiment (WW2?, sorry will recheck - been reading a lot on reddit follwing this) who were awarded medals from France while being ignored (surprise!) by America
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Anyway, we texted more w each other.
She then posted a photo of a Black man, and others at the Lunch counter sit-in; which was hanging in the DC Amercan National History Museum; it was her grandfather again! She explained that he and a mix of black, and white friends were there. They had a code - 1 kick under the counter meant the police were coming; 2 kicks - arrests were coming; 3 they were going to be attacked!
Just.... woah ! To meet, even virtually, *Brave History*!

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